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ppsps- v5 -si- 4 v-kr- kw ygyf 3 the tribune stouffville ont thursday feb 17 1944 s- k 5- a weekly editor looks at wa m wmiv wpopm el c by jlmgreenblat the low death rae of less than 25 per 1000 canadian soldiers dur ing the official malaria season in the mediterrean area can be traced canadian army officials say to mepacrine tablets over two million of the little yellow tablets were issu- ed these are among the little things you dont hear much about in the big flurry of war recently movie bigwigs were in ottawa to preview madame curie tor dean c j mackenzie acting president national research council and staff at the national research buildingplans are about ready for the gala premiere of the great film in ottawa this month stars are of course greer garson and the canadianborn walter pidgeoncan- ada is now the worlds largest pro ducer of radium so we are especially grateful to the curies the govern ment is lending its name to the pre miere walter pidgeon will be rem embered for his help in putting over canadian victory loans this should help for the postwar under orderincouncil the depart ment of labour now has authority to extend assistance to provincial governments to pep up apprentices- training this is designed to relieve in any way their responsibility prim arily of industry and trade unions an apprentice is defined asa per son at leasfk years who enters into a written agreement with an employ er to learn a skilled trade requir ing a minimum of 4000hours con tinuous employment and which pro vides a programme of practical ex perience and related technical instru- uction for such person the fiscal year 194445 the dominion fund a- vailable for provinces not to go high er than 250000 but for later fiscal years is to be raised to a million dollars a year suitable trade train ing for young folk is the idea behind it all you help me and ill help you munitions and supply reveals that the temporary restrictions on the delivery of coal have been suspended in the four western provinces it has become possible to ship greater amounts of western domestic coal to shortage areas in nearby western states to relieve pressure on their mines but in view of our still heavy requirements in eastern canada for coal fiom the united states this reverse movement in western canada is quite a pleasing development of interest to farmers etc ontarios agricultural college re ports that many cases have been en- countered where piglets had died due to having received excessive dos es of iron given for the prevention r anaemia slieep shearing com- es aboutthe latter part of may in thewest a little earlierln the bast v arict jirtmcnt urges those hav- inghearingequipinentto cbddleit properly owing to metauv shortage those who intend to purchase same riextspring should prder without de lay and it is necessary to have a permu from the wptb starting plants early enough in the spring by sowing seed in window boxes or hot beds is important and as a rule from six to eight weeksprior to time when such plants can be set out in the field will be about right says the expert at central experimental farm ottawa the wartime food corporation has reestablished ceu- tra control over shipment of potat oes from eastern production areas simitar to that prevailing in 1943 carloads will be diverted to deficien cy areas and allocated by the foods officer or local representative at point of delivery i a little of this and that restrict- ions on certain metals used for build ers finishing materials like cabinet locks padlocks have been lifted and this now applies to glycerine as well it announced that all troops who moved into klska last august are now back in canada national selective service regulations amended now provide thatall civilians who are re quired to change their occupations for more important war jobs will e- veiitually be back in their original jobs if they want to do so throughout the nation in a large number of centres groups are co operating with the educational cam paign launched by the dominion of s venereardisoases of pensions and health in saakatch- ewan instance the junior cham ber of commerce with itsmany affll- iatloris ls spearheading the attack 1 and organizing committees every- trhereundlsgulsed facts of the terir- ible scourge which exists everywhere aregolngto be brought into the open in a -way- before attempted andjlt is hopfed the j cold stark light st publicity will prove theold adage that prevention is better than we harvesting the best ige in 30 years vwt alcohol and modern life v address given by florence brownsberger before recent temperance convention biggest and best ice harvest in 30 years is the way some work ers describe the ice being taken from lakes and ponds in this district at wilcox according to percy ash they expect to cut 35000 blocks pat junior shows just how good an average cake looks picture to the right shows bob ash sharpening a saw on one of the big cutting mach ines theice is 10 inches thick but the saw rips through it like wood just now seven trucks are hauling from wilcox and have moved 11000 blocks already ice is free from honeycomb top this year v toronto goodwood flashes visitor at the home ot the corres pondent since bejore christinas mrs e j hill has returned to newmar ket while unable to add our presence to the many mourners at the fun eral of the late george stewart we now add our sympathy to the widow and family charlie lee is changing the land scape up at the corner of the new market road in the north end of the township he is cutting downstheofficer has since left for a new post trees that obscuie the view forlmot orists george baldwin lost his dog on a hunting trip and spent two days searching then found him taken care of at the farm ot walter beach everybody is buying tickets on the quilt for the lucky draw by the siloam ladies get yours i mrs nettie james sons wallace and ronald were visiting friends in and around goodwood about 50 friends gathered at reuben mayes to give ron a sendoff the aviation in western canada mr and mrs harry woodland and family spent a day with mr and mrs snider and family harold norton was in toronto one day last week answering the army call miss doris gidlow visited mrs w davey one day last week the baldwins visited their dau ghter mrs reuben may recently jim faulkner a son of ralph faulkner is home awaiting his mil itary uniform now being made mr and mrs j johnston of pine grove private and mrs stanley slack and marlyn of uxbridge were visitors at the wollknown home of mr and mrs e w evans the bit of snow which fell in the township was most welcome over the weekend especially by those who have wood to draw and others who have manure to get out the sleigh ing is not very sure yet so everyone will have to act quickly stephen knight we regret to say has been suffering from pleurisy and a severe cold a chartered bank is mw wmmm bgsi otiasiai for your business these ten competing banks are bank of montreal the bank of toronto the bank of nova scotia the provincial bank of canada the canadian bank of commerce the royal bank of canada a4r the dominion bank imperial bank of canada bqnqiie canqdienne nationale barclays bank canada a chartered bank is the custodian not only of your money rjk on deposit but also of your secrets concerning that moneys 1 chartered bank is an institution where the details of your bank account are kept secret t it is called chartered because its permission to do business and the conditions and restrictions under which it may do business are contained in a charter granted and kept uptodate by parliament the finest democratic free institution of government that man has yet devised this charter is an act of parliament laying down all of the conditions which safeguard your money ten competing chartered banks are the very opposite of a state monopoly such as would come about if all the bankswere rolled into one by nation- alizatibn under state monopoly if you failed to get accommodation at the one bank you could not go to any one of nine others to seek it you can fodayj wt hthe chartered bamks of canada ctiause my subject alcohol and modernise could include so very many phasesh have chosen to speak on only three with which i shall deal in turn alcohol in modern business life alcohol in modern social life alcohol in modern houie life first let us consider how and why and with what result alcohol is used in business y in many large firms today it is only a matter of courtesy that a customer especially a difficult one is asked to lunch with some member of the executive together they en joy an expensive repast then the host orders drinks not tea or coffee but something much stron ger hardheaded business men will not likely take enough to become in toxicated bux they hope to bring the associate into aisociable mood and thereby secure an order or contract this mode of attack may be success ful many times but do you suppose that the responsible person realizes that with each glassful he is losing some of his efficiency actually when this man returns to his office his brain is not quite so alert as when he left earlier with alcohol a per son is never at his best without alcohol he has the full use of the brain at all times it is highly im probable that a glass or two ot beverage alcohol taken after lunch will cause the loss of time behind the desk because of headache or body discomfort but are there not other means ot gaining the goodwill and confidence of a client or perhaps one member of the staff or a group of employees attend a private party or a company festival at these affairs the bottle is general ly uncorked and passed until late hours creep into early streaks of dawn undoubtedly someone will be ab sent from work as the doors open at nine or ninethirty jokingly his colleagues remark i guess smith couldns take it or looks as though someone had too much last night but if they analysed the loss to the firm the loss of health and the waste of money involved perhaps their casual smiles would change to deep expressions of pity in these days of war everyone must do uls best you cannot lie at your best and drink anyone who does less than his ibest is a deserter these words do not apply only to the uni formed forces v of army navy air force and munition workers they are pointed blankly at every worker in every business in our country to fiee essential personnel for the army it is necessary for each one to be sober intelligent honest and in dustrious those in business can con- tribute immeasureably by doing the work of two instead of one but this is impossible so long as drinking is indulged in intemperately and time is lost although perhaps- not the greatest problem to be confronted alcohol in modem busniess life is certainly one of the great barriers to the success of all temperance effort i but an even greater question of society is alcohol in modern social life to our grandfathers a social drink at the bar meant little more than a coke means to the modem youth two men met in town on market day their business was fin ished and the horse hitched ready for the homeward journey as a matter of habit they entered the tavern or saloon and together enjoy ed a friendly glass ot beer or water- ed liquor then separated to their respective homes little or no after- affect was suffered and neither health nor pocket was greatly deplet ed but in this day a group sets out for a night of carousing with the one thought of getting drunk absolute ly and completely drunk apparently they dont mind making a public spectacle of themselves by reeling crazily through the streets stumbl ing against lamp posts and falling into the gutter to be taken home in a dead stupor wake up with a splitt- ing headache and lose a days work holds no shame or regret for them it after a few drinks a man re tains enough sensibility to be able to sit behind the steering wheel of an auto he will delight in doing that very thing in many cases loss of life to other drivers or innocent pedest rians is the result because of his relaxed condition a drunken individ ual lssoldomly injured- himself oh the sbrrowof a motor accident in which alcohol is lnvolvedhow eas ily life could have been spared and regret and punishment avoided and it is not only men who indul ge in cucli rowdiness as liquor caus es but women and young girls are frequently found in drunken groups tojsee a girl staggering out of a beer room is indeed a disgusting sight she certainly cannot retain any fem inine respect and not only is- her reputation degraded ibut her health suffers oven moro greatly than that of a drinking man the delicacy of women was never intended to be so maltreated abused and ruined to become a liquor fiend is one of tho lowest depths to which a woman can sink j alcohol for men is a curse to soc ial life but alcohol for women is shameful however the greatest of all liquor continued on page seven ii ir- ytv x ii sajv tftt